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9:20 AM ET, March 4, 2015

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David McCabe / The Hill:
Lindsey Graham mocks Pelosi's ‘surgeries,’ apologizes  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) apologized for mocking House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's physical appearance during a closed-door fundraiser following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress.
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Netanyahu's Deadly Gambit  —  The Israeli prime minister is insincere.  The only outcomes that would please him are Iranian regime change or outright war.  —  Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before Congress on Tuesday was a disturbing spectacle: shallow, evasive, short on logic, and long on cynicism.
Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Netanyahu's Careful, Clever Speech to Congress  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress, although full of bombast, was carefully constructed to avoid revealing new information about the nuclear negotiations with Iran or specifying what a better deal would look like.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Netanyahu speech divides Dems  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday delivered a blistering rebuke of President Obama's Iran strategy, warning in an address to Congress that the nuclear disarmament talks would “all but guarantee” a march to war.
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Bibi's grand slam: Boxing in Obama on Iran's nukes  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at a joint session of Congress in Washington.  —  On Tuesday, Bibi Netanyahu gave the speech of his life before a joint session of Congress — and he has Barack Obama to thank for it.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Pelosi / Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Prime Minister Netanyahu's Address to Congress
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Tug of War: Obama, Congress at Odds Over Who's in Control
Discussion: ABC News and Yahoo! News
James Oliphant / National Journal:
Netanyahu Delivered Just What Obama Feared
Discussion: Commentary Magazine
The Hill:
Pelosi ‘near tears’ at Bibi ‘insult’
Associated Press:
Clinton ran own computer system for her official emails  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The computer server that transmitted and received Hillary Clinton's emails — on a private account she used exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state — traced …
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New York Times:
Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests  —  WASHINGTON — In 2012, congressional investigators asked the State Department for a wide range of documents related to the attack on the United States diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.  The department eventually responded …
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Source: Top Clinton Aides Used Secret Email Accounts at State Dept.  —  Hillary Clinton is defending her use of a private email address, hosted at ClintonEmail.com, to conduct official State Department business by claiming that her emails were captured by official @state.gov accounts …
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Rep. Jason Chaffetz's Business Card Lists His Gmail Address … Hillary Clinton isn't the only official who uses a non-government email address.  —  A business card obtained by ABC News shows that Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, lists his Gmail address on his official House card.
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Hillary's emails ‘not technically illegal’
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
This Is Hillary Clinton's Secret Email: HDR22@ClintonEmail.com
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Ben Carson: Prisons prove being gay is a choice  —  Washington (CNN)Ben Carson says homosexuality is a choice because many people “go into prison straight — and when they come out, they're gay.”  —  The neurosurgeon and potential Republican candidate for president in 2016 made the comment …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Ben Carson says being gay is a choice, citing prison example  —  Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon and potential Republican presidential candidate, said Wednesday that “a lot of people who go into prison straight, and when they come out they're gay.”  —  The remarks were made on CNN's …
Discussion: Hot Air and Political Wire
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Cruz unveils ObamaCare alternative  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday offered the latest in a series of Republican ObamaCare alternatives ahead of a Supreme Court ruling that could gut the law.  —  Cruz's bill, called the Health Care Choices Act, would allow people to buy health insurance …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Solicitor General Will Try, Again, to Keep Health Care Law Alive
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
House passes bill fully funding the Department of Homeland Security  —  House Speaker John A. Boehner surrendered Tuesday to Democratic demands to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, ending a tense three-month showdown over immigration.  But the move could further strain relations between …
Discussion: Politico and ImmigrationProf Blog
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Sean Sullivan / Associated Press:
House passes bill to fully fund Homeland Security
CNN:
Boehner expected to allow vote on clean DHS bill as soon as Wednesday
Discussion: Mediaite and FOX News Radio
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Rahm could actually lose  —  Chicago's mayor is in the fight of his political life.  —  A runoff that was expected to be a slam dunk for Rahm Emanuel is turning out to be uncomfortably — even dangerously — close, leading the Chicago mayor to ready a scorched-earth offensive to save his job.
Discussion: Chicago
Wall Street Journal:
Pro-Growth, Pro-Family Tax Reform  —  Cut the corporate rate to 25%.For individuals and families, reduce the current seven brackets to two: 15% and 35%.  —  Six years after the Great Recession officially ended, most Americans can sense that the U.S. economy is still operating below its full potential.
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  March 4, 2015 - U.S. Voters Back 2-1 Sending Troops To Fight Isis, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Say 3-1 Keep Un-Vaccinated Kids Out Of School  —  American voters support 62 - 30 percent sending U.S. ground troops to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria …
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Danforth, in eulogy, decries ‘whispering campaign’ against Schweich  —  CLAYTON  • In a eulogy that doubled as a stunning rebuke of a top official in his own party, former U.S. Sen. John Danforth, R-Mo., declared Tuesday that “politics has gone so hideously wrong,” …
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Marcy Wheeler / ExposeFacts:
David Petraeus Gets Hand-Slap for Leaking, Two Point Enhancement for Obstruction of Justice  —  As a supine Congress sitting inside a scaffolded dome applauded Benjamin Netanyahu calling to reject a peace deal with Iran, DOJ quietly announced it had reached a plea deal with former CIA Director David Petraeus …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Hullabaloo and Common Dreams
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New York Times:
Petraeus Reaches Plea Deal Over Giving Classified Data to His Lover
 
 
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Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
Scott Walker says he would sign ban on abortions after 20 weeks
Larry Gordon / Los Angeles Times:
UC to freeze California enrollment, cap UCLA, Berkeley non-residents
ABC:
Starving koalas secretly culled at Cape Otway, ‘overpopulation issues’ blamed for ill health
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Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Sweet Briar Will Close
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate to vote Wednesday to undo labor union rule
Discussion: RedState and Hot Air
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Lauren Yapalater / BuzzFeed:
The Duggars Are Being Accused Of Animal Abuse After Seemingly Trying To Sled Over A Cat
Discussion: Raw Story and FOX News Radio
Matt Comer / QNotes:
Anti-LGBT activists confront transgender teenager at Charlotte government center bathrooms
Discussion: Raw Story, Advocate and ThinkProgress
Dan Merica / CNN:
Monica Lewinsky to give TED Talk
New York Times:
Florida Records Raise Questions About Jeb Bush's 2008 Vote
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Ferguson Police Routinely Violate Rights of Blacks, Justice Dept. Finds
 

 
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